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00:00 – Disney’s Monorail Dream
01:19 – The Cutting Edge of Urban Transit
02:29 – A Grand Opening at Disneyland
03:45 – The Roots of the Monorail Concept
05:00 – Walt Disney and Axel Wenner-Gren Collaborate
06:18 – From Disneyland to LA: A Bold Proposal
07:44 – Opposition and the Death of the LA Monorail
09:08 – The Legacy of Disney’s Monorail
10:27 – A Visionary’s Urban Transit Dream
Why doesn’t Los Angeles have a monorail? In this episode of It’s History, we dive into Disney’s ambitious plan to transform LA’s transportation network with a futuristic monorail system. Discover how Walt Disney’s innovative vision aimed to solve LA’s traffic problems and why it ultimately failed. From behind-the-scenes politics to logistical challenges, we uncover the untold story of Disney’s monorail dream and the lasting impact it could have had on Los Angeles.
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There is also a monorail at the Oklahoma state fairgrounds. In the 80s they 'would surely replace the subway'
Alweg would translate to all roads!
Philly turned down a monorail system in the 50's . More advanced thinking by politicians.
Peter Dibble did a good documentary on the rise and fall of the monorail, and the competition with what we know as the Link Light Rail
I will always have personal transportation "A Car" but it would be great to intergrade personal transportation with a "Clean, Safe, Family Friendly" monorail system. Tie together tourist traps, malls, airports and business/manufacturing districts. Parking garages could located at these locations.
For the Los Angeles County, CA area, the people wanted the monorail. But, politicians in Sacramento were pushing for a subway (in earth quake country of all places). Well, the subway initiative won.
The subway cost 10 times the estimated cost to build upon completion. The cost overuns put the state in a financial crisis. The monorail would have cost far, far less.
simpsons did it
LA is literally testing a monorail right now
The ONLY reason for you cutting your hair like that BETTER BE because you donated it! lmao
First mention of the actual video topic is about 9 minutes into an 11 minute video.
I think its entirely possible that automotive centric businesses blocked monorail development in LA. General motors, Firestone, and others formed the National Streetcar Lines to buy up streetcar systems, tear them out, and replace them with busses. You know, the inspiration for the villain of Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Good points but you didn't mention that Disney was a train enthusiast with a ridable model train set on his estate.
It'd more of a Shelbyville idea
When WALT DISNEY and RAY BRADBURY offer to build you cool shit FOR FREE you say YES.
Californian said no after already Laundering the billions received from federal tax dollars.
They need to build a monorail from LAX to the Disneyland Resort area! It flabbergasts me that there isn't some type of regular cheap transportation service from LAX to the Disneyland resort area.
But Main Street is all cracked and broken. Sorry mom the mob has spoken.
We seriously need to stop thinking of Monorail as a novelty and look at places like India, China and Japan that actually use it as elevated transportation.
They'd have said yes if someone pitched it through a catchy song.
homer simpson was a qualifed monorail engineer. . i think springfield has a mpono rail
Bob Gurr, brother of Nick
AFAIK, only one monorail has been a long-term transportation success.
My Lego City has a monorail. It runs to the Daily Bugle, a transfer hub it shares with the trams, and a third station over by a small business center, complete with hotel, bike shop, and museum. Sadly, despite the locomotive saying "Airport Shuttle", my Lego City's Monorail doesn't actually reach the airport. If I can get the new layout finished, then it will, but until then, my Airport Shuttle shall not reach the airport. Darn shame really, as the Hindenbrick really could use the extra passengers.
Monorail you say?
Monorails are great, they put Ogenville and North Haverbrook on the map!
That’s Orange County
Where are the past versions of Disney's monorails?
Seattle tried and failed, cautionary tale. How to steal and waste money from the public.
I had no interest in the video… I just came for the comments about Shelbyville and pudding cans.
Isn't the Las Vegas monorail the same technology as the Disney monorail? I have thought the company attempting to market the Disney tech were successful in Las Vegas. Also i have read the development history of the Disney system and basically it is a toy electric train scaled up for passengers.
Sokash, I HIGHLY recommend you make a video focusing on the origins of EPCOT. It was originally planned to be a city completely governed by Disney. Really interesting!
Interesting, thanks. I had the pleasure and fun of working at Disney World in Florida in the late 70s (pre-Epcot but it was in planning). Yup, I was on the monorail crew. We all drove them as well as loaded and unloaded folks, rotating during each shift/day. What a GREAT time.